Abstract
The current status of the inland waters ichthyofauna of Turkey is revised, and an updated checklist of the freshwater fishes is presented. The latest checklist included all species listed in the available previous study that was published in 2015, which is now updated after a period of five years. We revised the validity of previously accepted species and added newly described and reported species in Turkey. Some previously erroneously reported species and not established alien fishes were excluded from this checklist. A total of 384 fish species belonging to 20 orders and 34 families have been reported in the inland waters of Turkey. Among these, 15 species (3.9%) are non-native and 208 species (54.2%) are considered as endemic to Turkey. A total of 119 species previously reported from Turkey have been excluded from Turkish ichthyofauna list, either in the present study or in previous studies.
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Turan, D., Dogan, E., Kaya, C. & Kanyilmaz, M. (2014c) Salmo kottelati, a new species of trout from Alakir Stream, draining to the Mediterranean in southern Anatolia, Turkey (Teleostei, Salmonidae). ZooKeys, 462, 135–151.
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.462.8177
Turan, D., Ekmekçi, F.G., Ilhan, A. & Engin, S. (2008b) Luciobarbus kottelati, a new species of barbel (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Büyük Menderes River, Turkey, with rediagnose of L. lydianus. Zootaxa, 1824 (1), 35–44.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1824.1.4
Turan, D., Ekmekçi, F.G., Kaya, C. & Güçlü, S.S. (2013b) Alburnoides manyasensis (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae), a new species of cyprinid fish from Manyas Lake basin, Turkey. ZooKeys, 276, 85–102.
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.276.4107
Turan, D., Ekmekçi, F.G., Luskova, V. & Mendel, J. (2012a) Description of a new species of genus Gobio from Turkey (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa, 3257 (1), 56–65.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3257.1.4
Turan, D., Japoshvili, B., Aksu, I. & Bektaş, Y. (2016b) Description of two new species of the genus Gobio (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Black Sea coast of Turkey. Zoology in the Middle East, 62, 112–124.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2016.1182779
Turan, D., Kalayci, G., Bektas, Y., Kaya, C. & Baycelebi, E. (2020) A new species of trout from the northern drainages of Euphrates River, Turkey (Salmoniformes: Salmonidae). Journal of Fish Biology. [early view]
https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14321
Turan, D., Kalayci, G., Kaya, C., Bektas, Y. & Küçük, F. (2018b) A new species of Petroleuciscus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Büyük Menderes River, southwestern Anatolia, Turkey. Journal of Fish Biology, 92, 875–887.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13525
Turan, D., C. Kaya, Geiger, M.F. & Freyhof, J. (2018a) Barbus anatolicus, a new barbel from the Kizilirmak and Yesilirmak River drainages in northern Anatolia (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa, 4461 (4), 539–557.
Turan, D., Kaya, C., Aksu, I., Bayçelebi, E. & Bektaş, Y. (2019a) Alburnoides coskuncelebii, a new species from the stream Büyük Melen in north western Anatolia (Teleostei: Leuciscidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, IEF-1107, 1–10.
http://doi.org/10.23788/IEF-1107
Turan, D., Kaya, C., Bayçelebi, E., Aksu, I. & Bektaş, Y. (2017c) Gobio baliki, a new gudgeon from Turkey (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa, 4350 (2), 284–290.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4350.2.4
Turan, D., Kaya, C., Bayçelebi, E., Aksu, I. & Bektas, Y. (2018c) Description of Gobio fahrettini, a new gudgeon from Lake Ilgin basin, Central Anatolia (Teleostei: Gobionidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, IEF-1073, 1–9.
Turan, D., Kaya, C., Bayçelebi, E., Bektaş, Y. & Ekmekçi, F.G. (2017a) Three new species of Alburnoides from the southern Black Sea basin (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa, 4242 (3), 565–577.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4242.3.8
Turan, D., Kaya, C., Ekmekçi, F.G. & Dogan, E. (2014a) Three new species of Alburnoides (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Euphrates River, Eastern Anatolia, Turkey. Zootaxa, 3754 (2), 101–116.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3754.2.1
Turan, D., Kaya, C., Kalayci, G., Bayçelebi, E. & Aksu, I. (2019b) Oxynoemacheilus cemali, a new species of stone loach (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from the Çoruh River drainage, Turkey. Journal of Fish Biology, 94 (3), 458–468.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13909
Turan, D., Kottelat, M. & Bayçelebi, E. (2017b) Squalius semae, a new species of chub from the Euphrates River, Eastern Anatolia (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zoology in the Middle East, 63(1), 33–42.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2017.1290761
Turan, D., Kottelat, M. & Bektaş, Y. (2011) Salmo tigridis, a new species of trout from Tigris River, Turkey (Teleostei: Salmonidae). Zootaxa, 2993 (1), 23–33.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2993.1.2
Turan, D., Kottelat, M. & Dogan, E. (2013a) Two new species of Squalius, S. adanaensis and S. seyhanensis (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), from the Seyhan River in Turkey. Zootaxa, 3637 (3), 308–324.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3637.3.4
Turan, D., Kottelat, M. & Ekmekçi, F.G. (2008a) Capoeta erhani, a new species of cyprinid fish from Ceyhan River, Turkey (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 19, 263–270.
Turan, D., Kottelat, M. & Ekmekçi, F.G. (2009a) Barbus niluferensis, a new species of barbel (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Nilüfer River, Turkey, with re-description of B. oligolepis. Zootaxa, 1981 (1), 15–28.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1981.1.2
Turan, D., Kottelat, M. & Engin, S. (2010) Two new species of trouts, resident and migratory, sympatric in streams of northern Anatolia (Salmoniformes: Salmonidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 20, 333–364.
Turan, D., Kottelat, M. & Engin, S. (2012b) The trouts of the Mediterranean drainages of southern Anatolia, Turkey, with description of three new species (Teleostei: Salmonidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 23, 219–236.
Turan, D., Kottelat, M. & Engin, S. (2014b) Two new species of trouts from the Euphrates drainage, Turkey (Teleostei: Salmonidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 24, 275–287.
Turan, D., Kottelat, M. & Kaya, C. (2017d) Salmo munzuricus, a new species of trout from the Euphrates River drainage, Turkey (Teleostei: Salmonidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 28, 55–63.
Turan, D., Kottelat, M., Ekmekçi, F.G. & Imamoglu, H.O. (2006) A review of Capoeta tinca, with descriptions of two new species from Turkey (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 113 (2), 421–436.
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.80358
Turan, D., Küçük, F., Kaya, C., Güçlü, S.S. & Bektaş, Y. (2017e) Capoeta aydinensis, a new species of scraper from southwestern Anatolia, Turkey (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Turkish Journal of Zoology, 41, 436–442.
https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1510-43
Turan, D., Yilmaz, B.T. & Kaya, C. (2009b) Squalius kottelati, a new cyprinid species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Orontes River Turkey. Zootaxa, 2270 (1), 53–62.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2270.1.3
Ünlü, E., Çiçek, T., Deger, D. & Coad, B.W. (2011) Range extension of the exotic Indian stinging catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch, 1794. (Heteropneustidae) into the Turkish part of the Tigris River watershed. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 27, 141–143.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0426.2010.01580.x
Valdesalici, S., Brahimi, A. & Freyhof, J. (2019) First record of Aphanius almiriensis from Italy and notes on the distribution of Aphanius fasciatus (Teleostei: Aphaniidae). Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 35, 541–550.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jai.13873
Van der Laan, R., Eschmeyer, W.N. & Fricke, R. (2014) Family-group names of recent fishes. Zootaxa, Monograph, 3882 (1), 1–230.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1
Vasil’eva, E.D. & Vasil’ev, V.P. (2006) Cobitis pontica sp. nova—a new spined loach species (Cobitidae) from Bulgarian waters. Journal of Ichthyology, 46, 15–20.
https://doi.org/10.1134/S003294520610002X
Yalçin Özdilek, S. (2007) Possible threat for Middle East inland water: an exotic and invasive species, Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus (Weber, 1991) in Asi River, Turkey (Pisces: Loricariidae). Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 24, 303–306.
Yerli, S.V. (2019) First record of a coregonid fish species, Coregenus albula (Linnaeus, 1758) (Salmoniformes: Salmonidae) in Aktaş Lake shared between Turkey and Georgia. Journal of the Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment, 25, 325–332.
Yogurtçuoglu, B. & Freyhof, J. (2018) Aphanius irregularis, a new killifish from south-western Anatolia (Cyprinodontiformes: Aphaniidae). Zootaxa, 4410 (2), 319–330.